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in warm countries. They possess various 

 properties, but bitterness seems to pre- 

 dominate, accompanied with tonic, stim- 

 ulant, aromatic, and sometimes narcotic 

 qualities. See Asteracece. 



Composites. The English term for Gompo- 

 xitce. 



Composition. The arrangement of organs, 

 or their order of development, or their 

 manner of branching, etc. 



Compound, Composite. Formed of several 

 parts united in one common whole; as 

 pinnated leaves, and all kinds of inflor- 

 escence beyond that of the solitary flow- 

 er. A compound umbel is formed of 

 several simple umbels, etc. 



Compressed. Flattened lengthwise; as the 

 pod of a pea. 



Concave. Hollow. 



Conceptacle. A term sometimes applied to 

 the capsular fruit of red-spored Algo3. 



Concentric. Points or lines at equal dis- 

 tances from a common center. 



Conchiform. Shaped, like one valve of a 

 common bivalve shell. 



Concolor. Of the same color as some other 

 thing compared with it. 



Concrete. Formed into one mass; joined to- 

 gether. 



Condensate. Bundled, growing close. 



Conduplicant. Doubling up; as when the 

 leaflets of a compound leaf rise up and 

 apply themselves to each other's faces. 



Conduplicate, Conduplication. A term of 

 aestivation, (which see,) when the sides of 

 an organ are applied to each other by 

 their facea 



Condylium. The antherid of a Chara. 



Cone. A dense aggregation of scale-like 

 carpels, arranged symmetrically round an 

 axis, as in the Pine tribe. 



Conenchyma. The conical cells which con- 

 stitute hairs. 



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Conferruminate. Glued together. 



Confertus. When parts are pressed closely 

 round about each other; packed close. 



Confervacece. A division of the green- 

 spored Algce, characterized by their sim- 

 ple or branched articulated threads, dif- 

 fused endochrome, (which see,) and 

 small zoospores. They are found in all 

 parts of the world, but are most numer- 

 ous in temperate regions. They are 

 sometimes so abundant that, after floods, 

 they form a thick coat like paper on the 

 ground, to which the name meteoric pa- 

 per has been given. See Algce. 



Confluent. The fastening together of homo- 

 geneous parts ; gradually uniting organic- 

 ally. 



Conformis, Conform. Of the same form as 

 some other thing; where one part closely 

 resembles another with which it is asso- 

 ciated or compared. 



Congested. Crowded very closely. 



Conglobate, Conglobated. Collected into a 

 ball, as the florets of Echinops. 



Conglomerate. The same as clustered. 



Conglutinate. Glued together; not organic- 

 ally united. 



Conically-subulate. Between cone and awl- 

 shaped, thickest at the base. 



Conico-cylindrical. Of the form of a cylin- 

 der, but tapering to a point. 



Conico-hemispherical. Between conical and 

 round. 



Conico-ovaf^. Between conical and ovate. 



Conico-subulate. Awl-shaped and conical; 

 tapering to a point. 



Conidium. The gonidium of a Lichen. 

 See Gonidium. 



Coniferce, (Conacece, Pinacece, Conifers, the 

 Pine family. ) A %rge and important 

 family, constituting, with the smaller 

 groups of Cycadece and Gnetacece, the sub- 

 class gymnosperms (which see) of Dicotyl- 



